Public Toilets are Not Bathrooms!

It has long been a pet peeve of mine that so many people call public toilets 'bathrooms'. What brought this to mind this morning is an article at FoxNews.com about confusing signage on the bathrooms at McGuire's Irish Pub in Destin FL (this just happens to be very near where I live). The title of the article referred to the toilets as bathrooms. Even Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation called them bathrooms.

I don't remember ever seeing either a shower or a bathtub in the men's room at McGuire's. Even if they had one I don't think I would ever consider taking a bath there. Do you suppose the writer of the article and the Florida bureaucrat often bathe in public toilets?

Of course people get into the habit of calling toilets bathrooms because homes generally combine the two functions. But let's call a toilet a toilet, or at least use the more polite 'restroom'.

---

Comments

Make a comment:

Name (required) Email (required, but not published) Website (optional) Comment (required)